diff --git a/home/bolt.nix b/home/bolt.nix
index 57b6ae0..200ffd9 100644
--- a/home/bolt.nix
+++ b/home/bolt.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
 
   localWebApps = {
     stable-diffusion = {
-      name = "ComfyUI (Stable Diffusion)";
+      name = "Stable Diffusion (ComfyUI)";
+      genericName = "Stable Diffusion";
       icon = ./icons/comfyui.png;
       id = 5;
       port = 7860;
@@ -32,7 +33,8 @@
     };
 
     openwebui = rec {
-      name = "OpenWebUI (Ollama)";
+      name = "Ollama (OpenWebUI)";
+      genericName = "Ollama";
       icon = ./icons/openwebui.png;
       id = 6;
       port = 3021;
@@ -40,9 +42,17 @@
         docker = lib.getExe pkgs.docker;
       in {
         Type = "exec";
-        ExecStartPre = "-${docker} create -e PORT=${builtins.toString port} --network host --gpus all -v ollama:/root/.ollama -v open-webui:/app/backend/data --name open-webui --restart always ghcr.io/open-webui/open-webui:ollama";
-        ExecStart = "${docker} start open-webui";
-        ExecStop = "${docker} stop open-webui";
+        ExecStartPre = "${pkgs.writeShellScript "openwebui-check" ''
+          set -euo pipefail
+          echo Checking for container existence..
+          if [[ $(${docker} inspect openwebui &> /dev/null; printf $?) -ne 0 ]]; then
+            echo Not found. Creating OpenWebUI/Ollama container..
+            ${docker} create -e PORT=${builtins.toString port} --network host --gpus all -v ollama:/root/.ollama -v open-webui:/app/backend/data --name openwebui --restart always ghcr.io/open-webui/open-webui:ollama
+          fi
+          echo Check complete.
+        ''}";
+        ExecStart = "${docker} start -a openwebui";
+        ExecStop = "${docker} stop openwebui";
       };
     };
   };
diff --git a/home/home.nix b/home/home.nix
index c425497..7ea523c 100644
--- a/home/home.nix
+++ b/home/home.nix
@@ -128,12 +128,12 @@ in {
       name = "Facebook Messenger";
       icon = ./icons/fb_msg.png;
     };
-    "ChatGPT" = {
-      url = "https://chat.openai.com";
+    "Syncthing" = {
+      url = "http://127.0.0.1:8384";
       id = 3;
       extraSettings = config.programs.firefox.profiles.default.settings;
-      name = "ChatGPT";
-      icon = ./icons/ChatGPT.png;
+      name = "Syncthing";
+      icon = ./icons/syncthing.png;
     };
     "StudyTAFE" = {
       url = "https://www.studytafensw.edu.au";
diff --git a/home/icons/syncthing.png b/home/icons/syncthing.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cce2b8e
Binary files /dev/null and b/home/icons/syncthing.png differ
diff --git a/home/util/local-webapp.nix b/home/util/local-webapp.nix
index cb597ad..53ce9c0 100644
--- a/home/util/local-webapp.nix
+++ b/home/util/local-webapp.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 }: let
   inherit (lib) mkOption;
   inherit (lib.attrsets) mapAttrs mapAttrs' nameValuePair;
+  # make a firefox webapp entry for the client app
   make-firefox = cfg:
     mapAttrs' (
       name: cfg:
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@
         }
     )
     cfg;
+  # make a systemd service for running the backend
   make-systemd = cfg:
     mapAttrs (
       name: cfg: {
@@ -26,12 +28,12 @@
       }
     )
     cfg;
+  # make desktop shortcuts and a script which will handle starting both the above
   make-xdg = cfg:
     mapAttrs (
       name: cfg: {
-        name = cfg.name;
+        inherit (cfg) name icon genericName;
         type = "Application";
-        icon = cfg.icon;
         exec = "${let
           notify-send = "${lib.getExe' pkgs.libnotify "notify-send"} -a \"${cfg.name}\"";
           systemctl = "${lib.getExe' pkgs.systemd "systemctl"}";
@@ -40,13 +42,14 @@
         in
           pkgs.writeShellScript "${name}"
           ''
+            set -euo pipefail
             ${notify-send} "Launching backend.." "Please be patient."
             ${systemctl} --user start ${name}
             attempts=0
             success=false
 
             while [[ $attempts -lt $((20*9)) ]]; do
-              if [[ $(${curl} http://127.0.0.1:${builtins.toString cfg.port}) ]]; then
+              if [[ $(${curl} -sf http://127.0.0.1:${builtins.toString cfg.port} --output /dev/null; printf $?) -eq 0 ]]; then
                 ${notify-send} "Backend up." "Launching client.."
                 success=true
                 break
@@ -85,10 +88,16 @@ in {
             description = "Display name of the webapp.";
           };
 
+          genericName = mkOption {
+            type = nullOr str;
+            description = "Generic name of the webapp.";
+            default = null;
+          };
+
           icon = mkOption {
-            type = either str path;
+            type = nullOr (either str path);
             description = "Path to a file to use for application icon.";
-            default = "";
+            default = null;
           };
 
           id = mkOption {
@@ -102,7 +111,7 @@ in {
           };
 
           service = mkOption {
-            type = attrsOf string;
+            type = attrsOf str;
             description = "The service settings for systemd user service. Requires at least ExecStart.";
           };
         };